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author: kim lifton

kim lifton
kim lifton is president of wow writing workshop, a leading expert on the college application essay. kim is a former journalist who has made it her mission to know everything about college admissions. she speaks with senior admissions officers from the nation’s most selective colleges almost every day. wow works directly with students, and trains school counselors, english teachers and independent educational consultants who want to improve their essay-coaching skills.

  • wait, i’m wait-listed? – some faq’s about what to do

      receiving a spot on a wait list can put you in one of the most precarious situations during the college acceptance season. there really is no clear-cut explanation for what it entails, and more often than not the notifications read like some ex-boyfriend’s way of letting you down easy. so if you, like many…

  • cracking the act english code: usage and mechanics (part 1)

    with today’s smartphone-driven jargon, it is easy to lose sight of the foundational grammar upon which the rich english language is built: a texting dialogue filled with acronyms, sentence fragments, abbreviations and emojis doesn’t exactly hold us accountable for remembering these rules. unfortunately, the act still does. with that, let’s take a look at the…

  • tuesdact video: how to have a great act test day

      we’ve all had really bad days, and we all hope these really bad days are not going to overlap with really important days: graduation, prom, driver’s license tests, and, of course, act test day. things are likely never going to be exactly as you envisioned on test day, but you can help minimize the…